InnoDB team is pleased to announce the 2012 Spring labs release,
with several much anticipated new features and performance
enhancements. Please download mysql-5.6-labs-april-2012 from
MySQL Labs
and give a try. Do not forget to provide your feedback.

The 2012 Spring labs release on MySQL Labs consists of the
following InnoDB new features, which are not in the newly
released MySQL 5.6.5 DMR yet:

Online DDL: some of the DDLs are now truly online, including
ADD INDEX, SET DEFAULT, and DROP FOREIGN KEY.

Memcached plugin: with additional features, such as SASL
support.

Transportable tablespace: allow user to export data files and
import them into another MySQL instance.

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